Innovation Adoption Is Key UK Challenge Says MedTech Directorate

Standing still is not an option if the health care system is to remain sustainable

The UK’s MedTech Directorate is pressing ahead with 16 separate initiatives under its recently issued medtech strategy. It all adds to the sense that 2023 will be a major year for UK medtech.

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“Right product, right price, right place” is the triple goal that the UK MedTech Directorate (MTD) is intent on achieving for UK providers and patients in the first ever UK strategy for medtech.

An implementation plan is to be developed by June, MTD director David Lawson told a public online meeting. It will...

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